TZWMR7F0RD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. October 30, 18SS
(LD&C Market Area Boundaries
May Be Erased Permanently
BY A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington O&C marketing
area restrictions that limit lum
ber operations to bidding on O&
C timber sales in the vicinity of
their mills appear no longer to
erve "aay useful purpose," ac
cording to the staff of the con
gressional committee that is pre
paring to hold hearings in Med
ford and other cities of the Pa
cific Northwest in mid-November.
In a detailed report concern
ing the Bureau of Land Manage
ment's salvage program in the
Smith River drainage, the professional-
staff of the Senate
Interior Committee suggested
rather broadly that the market
ing area boundaries could be
erased permanently.
' Secretary of Interior Douglas
McKay recently approved a
waiver of these restrictions for
salvage timber sales that will
begin next summer in the Smith
River and Siuslaw areas'. While
the salvage sales may be offered
over a period of some years, mar
keting areas would continue to
be observed elsewhere in west
ern Orqejon under McKay's
order.
The Senate committee report,
based upon staff conferences
with BLM Director Edward
Woozley and an on-the-scene
tudy of the Oregon timber prob
lem by a government forester,
Robert Wolf, pointed out that
.the U.S. Forest Service sell
twice "as much timber in western
Oregon as BLM and makes no
restrictions on the location of
the buyer's mill.
"A review of the national for
est sales indicates that a relative-,
ly small amount of the timber
is successfully bid in by -firms
which lie outside the cluster of
mills located near the mouth of
each major drainage," the report
noted.-..
f'The flow of national forest
timber is regulated only by the
marketing demands, and when
logs flow far from an area, it is
generally because the more dis
tant operator has developed tech
niques which enable him to over
come the disadvantage of his lo
cation," the report went on.
"Considering, the way in
which the Forest Service timber
sale program has operated, the
tendency for mills near the tim
ber to be best able to successful
ly compete, and the freedom of
mills to move into any area, the
strong possibility exists that the
O&C marketing areas are not
serving any useful purpose."
The report found that "cer
tain things stand out" in ,the op
eration of the BLM marketing
areas:
1. On an overall basis, there
seems to be considerable compe
tition within the marketing areas
for the BLM timber, although
there are a few isolated areas
where competition is absent.
2. These marketing areas do
not in any way prohibit a person
from establishing a mill within
them and bidding on BLM tim
ber. Thus, the regulatory effect
on competition seems to be at a
minimum.
3. The location of the boun
daries of the units may create
constantly changing marketing
inequities as means of transpor
tation change, and mills are
either unable or prohibited from
fully competing for timber by
artificial restraints.
4. The marketing areas are so
large, embracing many towns
and mills and separate drainages,
that purchasing operations of
bidders appear, by and large, to
be zoned within marketing areas.
The report cites that Reedsport
mills seldom go 100 miles south
to the Gold Beach area for tim
ber, even though the marketing
area would permit it.
5. Enforcing regulations de
pends upon "police action." It
said that since BLM logs aren't
branded for identification, "it
is actually impossible for BLM
to ascertain what happens to
their logs after they leave the
woods." ,
The report put in a plug for
more forestry personnel for
BLM, but pointed out this de
pends on congressional appro
priations to pay salaries.
"There is a need to properly
staff, plan and operate the pro
gram to salvage the maximum
amount of timber with a min
imum loss in value," the report
said. "Based on the information
at hand, BLM does not appear
to know how it will proceed, nor
do they have the personnel to
operate the type of program they
have publicly announced."
The report also claimed BLM
is far behind in planning sec
ondary access roads, which it
characterized as "the key to
speedy salvage and effective
long-term management."
The committee report was
written just prior to the issu
ance by McKay of his salvage
waiver order, and reportedly
neither the Interior Department
nor the committee staff mem
bers knew what the other had
concluded aout the salvage
problem when they made their
respective reports.
Pickin' Pears
News and Notes
From Camp White
BY SID HOLLINGSWORTH
Los Angeles . The Camp
White venture in domiciliary
practice has a far-flung "battle
line" across the west. It is gen
erally known that many of the
members, after an indefinite
stay, have turned up eventually
in the hospitals at Portland,
Vancouver, Boise and points
east..
Quite a few went from Camp
White to Hot Spings, S. D., as
is well known. But not many
are aware of the number jvho
journeyed south to return even
tually to the world's largest
center for veterans in West Los
Angeles. It is a safe estimate
that there are more former
rmn White members at the
L.A. home than are now in the
Hot Springs domiciliary.
,Dan Hartman made up a list
of the men from Camp White
which number 25. There are at
least that many more who are
tucked away in the sprawling
VA area. Hardly a day passes
without discovering a man from
Camp White and the influence
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resembles that of a fraternity
formed out of an experience
during the Korean conflict.
Among men who have been
recognized are John Adams, Al
fred Belfield, Harry Careswell,
Charles Cowdrey, Alexander
Cowe, Dickr Dugger, Raymond
Fox, Robert Grace, Dan Hart
man, Wesley Moltberg Agus
Kruzoof, Carl Krogstad, Ross
Lewis, Claude McGinnis, James
McGrath, Lafe Moe, John
Morou, Anthony Tarnasky
Herman Thorbrogger, William
H. Smith, Mike Vasel and Frank
White.
A reminder of the trek made
by more than a hundred to Camp
White juit five years ago was
furnished by one member who
stayed there a few months and
then headed for the Bonham,
Texi home, where he remained
until recently. The VA offered
transportation to all who want
ed to go. Four men held out
until the final day for the trip
In signing, off now, for the
time being at least, a compara
tive picture may be drawn of the
two Pacific Coast domiciliary
stations similar so far as sup
ervision is concerned and yet
totally different in environment.
The distinction can be sum
med up in the fact that whereas
the Camp White home is limited
to 800 men, the Los Angeles
domiciliary department houses
2,932 as of this date. Although
the pattern of recreation is sim
ilar, the work schedule is total
ly different. More than 1,000
are active in special details and
the member jobs in contact with
the elaborate medical program
followed in adjoining installa
tions. It had been the hope of the
supporters of Camp White
among the veterans organiza
tions and public spirited citizens
in Oregon and the northwest
to establish there an intermedi
ate hospital in conjunction with
a domiciliary with a thousand
bed limit. Unfortunately, the
situation is governed by other
factors than the need for a home
serving the interests of veterans
in northern California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana. It is understood that facilities
for running an intermediate hos
pital conform with the system
employed at Sawtelle, with each
company staffed by a secretaryi
a doctor and a nurse. The inter
change between the N.P. and
the G.M. and S. units is nego
tiated by a simple transfer with
in walls. In Oregon the change
in status would carry the risk
of removal over considerable
distance. Camp White, then, is
called upon to be patient while
the VA works out a plan that
is adequate under . the special
conditions that are found in the
somewhat detached section in
southern Oregon.
The outstanding feature of rec
reation at the Los Angeles cent
er is the winter baseball sched
ule of Sunday games. "Pep"
Lee is the promoter of this semi
pro enterprise, provided at the
well-kept baseball park main
tained by the VA at the center.
The players are all profession
als from the minor leagues as
well as the big leagues, and
Frank White, expert in such
matters, says that it is something
of a farm to keep the players
living in this area in condition
for the forthcoming season. Nat
urally, a high calibre of base
ball is the result. The league
is composed of teams from the
various movie studios.
Camp White is still among the
winners for VA canteen service
performance. A third place was
announced in information pub-
Three Men Jailed
In Jackson County
Three men were arrested and
jailed in Jackson county Friday
and Saturday, two on charges
of larceny of an auto, and an
Army man on a charge of de
sertion. Kraig Howard Knapp, 21, of
Grants Pass, was arrested by
sheriff's deputies at 2 a.m. Sat
urday. Knapp was driving an
auto which had been stolen from
Security Motors, Grants Pass, ac
cording to a sheriff's office re
port. Dennis Gordon Goble, 19, Le
noir, N.C., was arrested in Ash
land Friday by a Federal Bu
reau of Investigation officer and
jailed on a charge of desertion.
Goble will be turned over to
Army military police, according
to information received from the
sheriff's office.
' Edward Arnold Rohweder, 18,
Rockport, Wash., was arrested
by city police Friday and jailed
for being in possession of a stol
en car. Rohweder was driving a
car reported stolen from Wen
atchee Oct. 27, according to the
Medford police reports.
Housing Needed
For Disaster Car
Housing is badly needed for
the Jackson County Disaster car,
members of the Medford Fire
Department said recently.
A winter home for the 35 foot
long bus should have a doorway
at least 15 feet high and should
ideally have lights and power so
that work can be done on the
unit during winter evenings, the
firemen sad.
The first step toward bring
ing outside members into the
non-p r o f i t organization was
taken at a meeting when L. C.
Watrud, 210 Ashland ave. was
elected president.
Another meeting will be held
Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. in the main
fire station in an attempt to in
terest more people in participat
ing in the organization. Dele
gates from service clubs will be
invited and anyone interested is
urged to attend, firemen said.
Work on the car is progress
ing steadily but many items are
still needed for its completion,
including flooring material,' first
aid equipment, stretchers, tools
and cooking facilities.
Dougas County Demo
Chairman Quits Post
Roseburg (U.R) Mrs. V.
J. Micelli, Roseburg, has resign
ed as chairman of the Douglas
County Democratic Central com
mittee. Vice-Chairman Albert Flegel
will succeed Mrs. Micelli until
a new chairman- can be selected.
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at Los Angeles and Long Beach
in first and second places respectively.
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Expert Counterfeiter Faces
$15,000 Fine, Term in Jail
Cleveland, Ohio (U.R)
Francis Leroy Henning, 64, Sat
urday faced a 10-year prison
term and a $15,000 fine for his
second unsuccessful fling at mak
ing nearly perfect counterfeit
money.
Federal agents planned to re
turn Henning to Philadelphia,
where a warrant for his arrest
was issued when secret service
agents tagged him as the maker
of $15,000 worth of bogus nick
els. Henning was arraigned here
Friday after federal agents
seized him in his one room flat
and confiscated unfinished print
ing plates for $5 bills.
Agents said he admitted pass
ing $5,000 worth of bad nickels
to banks and dumping $10,000
worth into the Skuylkill River
when "things got hot."
Henning explained he had
made the phony five cent pieces
with the dates 1944, 1945 and
1946 and the letter "P" for Phil
adelphia mint stamped on them.
He fled Pennsylvania when a
bank clerk noted the letter "P"
on a 1945 coin and thought it
was a mistake because the mint
had ceased printing the letter on
nickels after 1944. A newspaper
story warned Henning and he
fled to Cleveland.
Agents Find Press
Agents later found his print
ing press in a New Jersey fac
tory v which printed the coins
under 250,000 pounds pressure.
They smashed the machinery
and confiscated 67,000 blank
discs waiting to be made into
money.
While Henning's accomplices
continued to pass the counterfeit
coins he started preparing the
$5 bill plates. He worked as an
engineer for a Cleveland firm at
$700 a month to buy material.
Henning said he perfected his
money making machines while
serving a previous counterfeit
term in 1939. His machine
turned out nickels, dimes and
quarters, but he only passed
nickels because they were the
nearest to perfection.
"R" Only Flaw
According to chief agent R.
E. Homes, the only flaw in the
nickels was the letter "R" in
"E Pluribus Unum" and it was
extremely hard to detect.
Bank tellers in Philadelphia
and Neward and Camden, N.J.,
accepted the coins without ques
tion. Henning posed as a vending
machine owner to avoid sus
picion. His first try at depositing the
money in banks almost led to
exposure. He presented a batch
of 1944 nickels to a teller who
thought it was strange all the
coins bore the same date. After
that he added three other years
to the coins.
Great britain has an estimated
19 cars per mile of road compar
ed with the United States' 15
per mile. '
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Morgan Apparently
Voted Confidence
By Oregon Demos
Portland (U.R) County
Democratic officials apparently
have given Democratic State
Chairman Howard Morgan a
vote of confidence.
Some criticism was made
against Morgan recently when
he criticized New York Gov.
Averell Harriman as a potential
Democratic candidate for the
presidential nomination.
Morgan mailed a circular to
all county chairmen and vice
chairmen of the Oregon Demo
cratic party asking if they de
sired a meeting to "discuss party
policy and organization."
The chairman Snnounced 46
of the 72 Central Committee
members returned ballots, of
which only eight indicated they
were in favor of such a meeting.
The remaining 38 voted against
the meeting.
Morgan said he would not pro
pose to make any claims con
cerning the results, but he said
they "speak for themselves." He
said a regular meeting of the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee would be announced soon,
to be held later. this winter.
Virail G. Kinoslev
r miGu uii r i uuaiiuil .
Eugene U.R). A former
Cottage Grove High school dis
trict superintendent has been
placed on probation for 7V4
years- for embezzling school
funds.
Virgil G. Kirigsley, who had
pleaded guilty some time ear
lier to converting more than
$11,000 from a special school
fund, was given the probation
ary sentence by ' Lane County
Circuit Judge Frank Reid. ' .
Kingsley's attorney said the
former school official plans to
repay the money by selling his
house and borrowing additional
funds.
Many poultrymen use electric
heat lamps to keep baby chicks
warm in cold weather.
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your money's worth when you say, "I'll take
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You know the maker stands back of it guar
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